Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Jeffy's Corner: "That's A Lot Of Money, Erin!"

Episode Date: March 5, 2016

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I'm looking over the Aaron Andrews case. And I'm thinking to myself, you know, if you think to yourself, man, that, Jeff, what is wrong with your sound? I'm talking to you over a hardline telephone today. We have some, you know, some technical difficulties between Dallas and New York. But you know what? It still doesn't mean we have to stop enjoying each other, right? right okay then so as i was saying before we went into the bottom of the hour with the news i was been fascinated with this erin andrews case and so she is suing though and she's suing for

seventy five million dollars okay now she's suing the nashville marriott at vanderbilt university windsor capital group and barrett Okay, she accuses a marriott of negligence, infliction of emotional distress, and invasion of privacy. Now, this case was going on, and they did their closing arguments yesterday, as a matter of fact. So it was, you know, they showed it was, I listened to some of her testimony, and she choked up during the trial. and her dad her dad took the stand in the trial

and she her dad Steve Andrews testified that the recordings have devastated his daughter she's afraid she's afraid of crowds

afraid of people she doesn't trust anymore he added to that Aaron puked just thinking about watching the videos yeah me too the FBI had asked her to view the clips to help agents find clues about who shot

them Barrett got a two-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to interstate stalking okay so he's already been found guilty of interstate stalking and you know she's she tried to sue Marriott corporate what and that was thrown out a judge said Uh, no. Nope, that's, uh, that's not happening. Okay. Uh, you can sue some other people, but not that. Uh, the judge said the franchisor was not responsible for security at the local hotel. And of course, do I mean, Marriott released their usual statement as we maintained, uh, since this matter first came to our attention. Uh, Marriott International was not responsible for what happened to Ms. Andrews.

and we are pleased that the court has dismissed Marriott International from the case. We continue to be sensitive to the serious nature of this matter and remains committed to the safety and comfort of our guests. So the jury goes to deliberations on Monday, as they heard this case. Now, I'm trying to guess. They can say, hey, if Aaron gets $75 million, no problem. Or they can say, no, Aaron, you don't get anything. They can say, you know, Aaron, you make pretty good wage.

We'll give you, you know, here's 50,000, get out of here. And that's what, though, her attorney is arguing that, you know, she's obviously been distressed. Her life is a wreck over this, but really is her life a wreck. she's doing she's working uh you know doing her sports broadcasting she's doing her dancing with the stars or was anyway um she is uh her career has not been harmed her career you know mentally she's been harmed no question uh her career has not been harmed at all um which is why she's suing for you know negligence, infliction of emotional distress, and invasion of privacy.

Because the career is, you know, she's still doing okay. I'm guessing she makes a pretty good wage for working, doing sports, and pretty good wage from doing dancing with the stars. Both are pretty good gigs. Pretty good gigs. So I'm thinking, is it worth $75 million? Is it worth $75 million? I would actually would have argued, and they argued that I haven't gone back and listened to and read the transcripts from the trial.

But had I been her attorney? And, you know, look, I know. I'm not an attorney. I got it. Okay. I'm just a radio guy that's talking over the phone to you this morning. because there's an issue between, you know, there's an engineering issue that I can't figure out. Okay?

So I got it. I've not an attorney. However, I would have argued that, you know, while this is wrong, and at the time, you know, Marriott has probably this particular one and probably corporate as well has, you know, up their security. really, you know, he, they didn't think anything of it when he asked to get the room next to her. He just, you know, I was fine. Which, you know, so security-wise, I mean, I'm sure that's been stopped, or at least you're going to get questioned and want to know why and what have you. And, in fact, if you were to specifically ask to be next to someone, we better be family.

and we better be family, I would guess. I don't know that. But I would argue that this actually helped her career. And she would say, I'm out of my mind. And her dad would say, Jeff, you've lost your mind. My daughter has suffered greatly. And I got it. I understand.

And I thought it was horrible. I mean, I got it. But it's worth $75 million. That's a lot of money. $75 million. It's a lot of money. For anyone. Anyone comes into $75 million.

That's a lot of money. You can quote me on that, by the way. That's correct. $75 million. That would help a lot out of the um infliction of emotional distress invasion of privacy

and the negligence of Marriott that would help me get through it quite a bit no doubt about it no doubt about it this is the Blaze Radio Network

888 9-80-9033-93 is the phone number So, Aaron, I hope you make it through it okay. I really do. I want you to get everything that you deserve, and if it's $75 million, God bless you. I got it. I hope you do.

I hope you make it through. And I'm sure you'll be okay. I'm sure you'll come out okay. Okay. Good news out of California. Smoking age. 21 years of age now. Yay.

Well, they approved a bill. California lawmakers approved a bill that would raise tobacco purchase age to 21. Yay! Including restrictions on electronic cigarettes. Why is the big deal? I mean, look, I smoke forever. You know, and would it have mattered if the age was... 18 or 21 when I started smoking in, you know, the teens, no, not a chance.

I guess it would have made a difference. They were probably, you know, would have made a difference on that I couldn't have gotten them. You know, it was making it more difficult for the younger people to get. However, that having been said, the numbers are going down. Right? I mean, big tobacco numbers are way down. Declining sales in the U.S., you know, less and less people are taking up the habit of smoking. You know, there's expanding their brand around the world in Southeast Asia and still in Europe. But the expanding market is Southeast Asia for big tobacco.

Those hateful bastards. Now, I'm trying to figure out what the deal is on electronic cigarettes, though, why that is so bad. They've already banned them. They've banned them in some places here in Texas, too, which is really, really weird. I mean, this, Texas. Most of the time, there are the electronic cigarettes that heat the liquid nicotine into vapor and you smoke it. But a lot of times it's not even nicotine. you know it's flavored juice

and just when you see the the there's a smoke shop not far from where I live and every time I go by there you can see that big full of smoke and the guy that runs it

he is one of those guys they see the pictures of all the vapors and there's just a huge amount of smoke that they're blowing and it's it's really fascinating to watch for me I don't know why. It just is.

But, I mean, the vaping is smoke. Stop it. I mean, if you don't like it, look, should the restaurant be able to say, hey, no electronic cigarettes and no smoking in this building? Absolutely. Absolutely. And then I can make the choice whether I want to go in there or not. should the government say no? You know, the argument is that public health is important.

My argument is I'll decide. How about that government? This is the Blaze Radio Network. I'm not personally invested in any politician. These are just people that are given the authority to do a job, and hopefully they do the job well. I'm not looking for somebody to be a savior. I'm looking for someone to be sane. I'm looking for someone to be competent to, if not, make my life easier, at least stop making my life more difficult.

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